PROJECTS

Collecting and Curating Popular Music Histories

Museums and Popular Culture

Chaired by Marion Leonard, and with participation from museum professionals including Kevin Moore, National Football Museum; Paul Gallagher, Museum of Liverpool; and Paul Lilley, British Music Experience, this session will develop discussion about key considerations in the display of popular culture.

What are the challenges of trying to ‘capture’ or interpret popular culture?

Does the static experience of a museum flatten out our experience of more dynamic forms of social practice?

How can popular culture histories be told in new ways by museums?

How do museums work with external collectors of popular culture forms?

What initiatives have been taken to develop related collections?

Music in Action

Friday 13 August 2010

National Conservation Centre, Liverpool

Dr Marion Leonard & Dr Robert Knifton

'Popular Music, Dialogic Collections and the Responsive Museum'

Drawing on their new research, Marion Leonard and Robert Knifton will examine how popular music can infiltrate and influence different functions of the museum.

Arts & Humanities Research Council: Each year the AHRC provides
approximately £100 million from the Government to support research and
postgraduate study in the arts and humanities, from archaeology and
English literature to design and dance. In any one year, the AHRC
makes approximately 700 research awards and around 1,000 postgraduate
awards. Awards are made after a rigorous peer review process, to
ensure that only applications of the highest quality are funded. Arts
and humanities researchers constitute nearly a quarter of all
research-active staff in the higher education sector. The quality and
range of research supported by this investment of public funds not
only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the
economic success of the UK. See Arts & Humanities Research Council website.